Organizations toughening network security

Many organizations have turned to strengthening conventional network security "point solution" approaches to protect against threats. In 2012, organizations allocated about 24% of their overall IT security budget toward network security, and 42% of firms indicated that they expected to increase budget for network security for 2013.

The majority of this network security investment is allocated to wireless security and intrusion prevention systems (IPS). In fact, 27% of organizations are planning to invest in the notoriously difficult-to-implement network access control in the coming year. However, investment strategies that put significant focus on these types of conventional technologies will do little to prevent or minimize the impact of targeted attacks.

ShardaTickoo, PMM, Trend Micro India, said, "If organizations want to protect intellectual property and shareholder value, they must adopt advanced threat detection and response solutions that identify malicious activity quickly and enable earlier mitigation of targeted attacks."

Trend Micro commissioned Forrester Consulting to create a custom survey that explored key needs for network security and security operations in enterprises in the current market.